Language: Swedish
What is the best way to find Karljohan? When did the chanterelle become our most beloved edible mushroom? Why and in what way are some mushrooms poisonous? And where does matsutake grow in Sweden, the mushroom that costs more than ten thousand kroner a kilo in Japan?
In The Wonderful Life of Mushrooms, the authors let us see the world and world history from the perspective of mushrooms. With the help of Anders Dahlberg's long experience as a mushroom researcher, and thanks to many of his colleagues whom we meet in the book, here we get to step into a hidden universe and share the wonder of mushroom connoisseurs about the organisms that build up the web of life and that today are challenged by climate change and is threatened by forestry's clear-cutting. Mushrooms have given us everything from culinary delights to detergents, medicines and hallucinogenic drugs. They were once essential for life to migrate onto land, and they exhibit a variety of unlikely functions and abilities. Anyone who wants to understand the world around them cannot ignore the mushrooms.
Product information
Authors: Anders Dahlberg & Anna Froster
Edition: 1
ISBN: 9789127167711
Language: Swedish
Released: 2021
Publisher: Nature Culture General literature
Pages: 250